From: RobertB 

In article ,
 Rich Gauszka  wrote:

> RobertB wrote:
> > In article ,
> >  "Rich Gauszka"  wrote:
> >
> >> Don't submit to an upgrade - refuse to play legally purchased disks?
> >>
> >> http://www.hardmac.com/news/2007-04-11/#6641
> >>
> >> Four months ago, we reported about a flaw identified in the
digital rights
> >> management system (DRM) developed to protect video contents
on HD-DVD and
> >> Blu-ray.
> >>
> >> A DVD security group composed on different companies that developed the
> >> Advanced Access Content System, announced yesterday that they
found a fix
> >> to
> >> the current flaw. The AACS LA reports to be working with device makers
> >> (Toshiba, Sony, etc.) to deactivate those publicly released keys and
> >> refresh
> >> them with a new set.
> >>
> >> Unlike with the CSS for protecting the DVD, the AACS can be
updated when a
> >> key is hacked or bypassed, so this protection can be modified
at will, or
> >> as
> >> soon as a breach is identified.
> >>
> >> If for standalone HD video players it will be difficult to routinely
> >> update
> >> the firmware, for HD-DVD or BD player drive found in computers, a
> >> play-back
> >> software is required and one can force users to upgrade their
drives with
> >> the last firmware, or via automatic software updates. Corel corp. has
> >> already announced that the new HD video DVDs will include
updated keys and
> >> instructions for older versions of the PC-playback software not to play
> >> discs until the software patch has been installed.
> >
> > Umm, what happens if you disconnect the cable?
>
> the newly purchased movie would check the key and not play.
>
> The Sony PSP handheld game did something similar. I purchased the
> Ratchet and Clank game, put the UMD disk in the PSP and the game
> wouldn't play until I did an OS update. People had been hacking the PSP
> and Sony while providing some new web browsing features to justify the
> update also made it harder to hack. Since the game didn't need any of
> the web features my guess is that this was Sony's sneaky way to force an
>   unnecessary ( for me ) update

What do people do who don't have an Internet connection for their game box?
Or a cable connection to the TV? You should just be able to play this with
a TV used as a monitor.

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